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post #31 of 40
2/16/10 at 9:15am
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Edited by merkur - 7/30/11 at 12:51am
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post #32 of 40
2/16/10 at 9:46am
How hard is it to fly commercial and not be a backseat pilot? From my limited experience in flight training I have a great appreciation when pilots make good landings in rough conditions.
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post #33 of 40
2/16/10 at 12:39pm
To switch from Commercial to Gulfstreams takes about a month. You basically only need a Type Rating, which teaches you how to handle that specific aircraft, otherwise your Com licence will cover everything. It can cost up to £20,000 to get a type rating though, so its not exactly cheap. Most of the pilots I know these days prefer them though. Rich businessman buys himself a jet, pays you top money to fly with him, stay in 5 Star hotels and generally live his luxury lifestyle while being paid to do a job you'd probably do for free! In terms of backseat flying I don't really know. I never made it to Commercial level, I had to drop out for personal reasons, but I just get a warm feeling knowing that if push came to shove, I could handle myself and the aircraft in just as good a manner as the pilot.
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post #34 of 40
2/16/10 at 5:50pm
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Can pilots and flight attendants rack up frequent flier miles/points in the course of doing their jobs?

Unfortunately I don't know of any airline that allows this. However, I have a credit card that allows me to get miles on my airline that I can exchange for a discount on my staff travel rate. Works very well, actually.
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post #35 of 40
2/22/10 at 10:23am
Nothing. The "big bag" is a sort of phallic device used to entice and then "mile high" gay stweards (uh, I mean, all stewards).

All right. SOME not all pilots carry bologna and miracle whip on wonder bread sandwiches in glad bags... but those are the straight pilots who drink heavily and miss their targets by 150 miiles....the airline industry is not proud of its straight pilots.
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post #36 of 40
2/22/10 at 2:53pm
So what is the archetypal pilot case anyways? The "big" part in the OP's title obfuscates me.
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post #37 of 40
2/22/10 at 3:11pm
Ever see the Columbo episode starring Johnny Cash? He hid an airforce parachute in his case and then poisoned his wife while in the air and bailed out. Because it was a military chute and small he ended up breaking his leg and thus getting caught.
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post #38 of 40
2/22/10 at 3:36pm
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So what is the archetypal pilot case anyways? The "big" part in the OP's title obfuscates me.

One of these-
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post #39 of 40
2/22/10 at 3:55pm
Jetblast, is that the same design as the one in this pic?
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post #40 of 40
2/22/10 at 3:58pm
I forgot to mention that the only reason they are so big is because its nice to have something to sit on. My next one is made by La-z-boy!
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